Tea-canister.



Nu. 689,0!4. Patented Dec. l7, I90I.

G. S. MADAUCY.

TEA CANISTER.

. [Application filed July 16, 1901.)

(No' Model.)

Wtlmw o R Q igwva ntoz LII Nita Stars GREG OR S. MADAUGY, OF PASCOAG,RHODE ISLAND.

TEA CANISTER.

SPEGIFEGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 689,014, dated December17, 190.1.

Application filed July 16, 1901. $erial No. 68,553. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GREooR S. MADAUOY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pascoag,in the countyof Providence and State of RhodeIsland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Tea-Canisters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in tea-canisters, such as aredesigned more es pecially for household use; and it contemplates theprovision of a simple and inexpensive canister which in addition toeffectually preventing air from gaining access to the tea it contains,is calculated when shaken to thoroughly separate dust and other fineforeign particles and debris from the tealeaves and collect the dust,&c., thus leaving the tea-leaves in a pure and unadulterated state foruse.

With the foregoing in mind the invention will be fully understood fromthe following description and claim when taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation of my improvedtea-canister. Fig. 2 is a vertical diametrical section of the same, andFig. 3 is a perspective view of the combined base and dust-cup removedfrom the body of the device.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all of theviews of the drawings.

My improved canister is by preference made of tin and comprises a bodyA,a re movable cover B therefor, and a combined base and dust or debriscup 0. The body is provided with a neck a, on which the cover tightlyrests,.as shown, in order to exclude air from the tea, and it is alsoprovided with a foraminated bottom I), which is by preferenceslightlyconcavo-convex and has for its purpose to free the tea-leaves ofdebris and dust and other fine foreign particles when the canister isshaken.

As best shown in Fig. 3, the cup 0 is of a size to snugly receive thelower end of the body A, which rests on its interior swell or rib c, andin addition to receiving the dust and debris separated from the tea inthe body said cup is calculated to effectually prevent air from gainingaccess to the tea through the lower end of the body. From this itfollows that the lower end of the body tightly fits and is normally heldby frictional contact in the cup 0. Said cup is preferably provided witha depending notched flange d, adapted to rest on a shelf or othersupport, and hence it is proper to denominate it a combined base anddust-cup.

In practice when tea is placed in the body A and the cover B andbase-cup O are in their operative positions air will be effectuallyprevented from gaining access to and deteriorating the tea. It will alsobe observed that when the canister is grasped in the hand and shakenprecedent to removing a portion of tea from the body A all dust andother fine particles of foreign substance and tea will be separated fromthe tea-leaves and caught in the cup 0, while only pure andunadulterated tea-leaves will be left in the body. The cup 0 mayobviously be readily removed from the body and discharged of itscollection of dust, &c., when necessary and as readily replaced on saidbody.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

As an improved article of manufacture, the tea-canister describedadapted to be held in the hand and shaken, and consisting essen tiallyof the combined cup and base having the interior swell or rib c disposedin a plane above its bottom, the removable body having the foram'inatedbottom, and the neck a, and also having its lower end fitting tightly inand held by frictional contact to the combined cup and base and restingon the swell 0 thereof whereby air is prevented from gaining access toits interior through the foraminated bottom, and the cover B tightlyfitting the neck of the body and adapted to prevent air from gainingaccess to the interior of the body through the neck.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witmesses.

GREGOR S. MADAUOY.

Witnesses:

EDGAR L. SPAULDING, Geo. W. SPAULDING.

Affidavit having been filed showing; that the name of the patentee inLetters Patent No. 689,014, granted December 17, 190], for animprovement in Tea-Canisters,

should have been Written and printed Gregor S. Madancy instead of GregorS.

Mad-alley, it is hereby certified that the proper correction has beenmade in the files and records pertaining to the case in the Patent()ffice, and should be read in the Letters Patent that the same mayconform thereto.

Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 25th day of February, A. 1).,1902.

[SEAL] F. L. CAMPBELL,

Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Oountersigned F. 1. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

